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Reman: Like I said, In the past I've had a handful of packs "Go off" at me like fireworks after bad crashes (Usually with RC helis), So it's hard to get that image out of your head while stripping down Li-Po's. :)Today at 11:22:54

shawdreamer: the horror stories will always incite worry when messing about with Lipo's but its the same as everything else when working on electronics alike, alsong as your careful and methodical there's very little to panic about, I regularly recycle 4s's with a single dead cell into usable 3s packs, end of the days its alot more economical, safer and enviro friendly than having to bin them....just a pain that the dead cell is NEVER one of the outer cells so you always end up having to strip a good cell off to get at the bad cell before putting it back afterwards, its like dropping toast, it'll always land buttered side down and inevitably covered in pet fur Today at 00:11:16

Reman: Just did the one electrical job that still scares me. I dismantled some Lipo's with knacked cells and built usable packs out of the good cells. I've had packs go "VOOOOOOSH" at me in the past so I'm always slightly scared of having bare lipo contacts anywhere near what I'm working on, But all appears to have gone well and one of them is currently doing a charge/discharge cycle to make sure nothings a miss. :)January 20, 2019, 22:28:43

Reman: My original Dremel Pro made it to 14 years of heavy weekend use (And abuse) before it crocked. Dismantled that but it turned out to be a "Control module" fault, And Dremel made it ni on impossible to get into that without pooching it completely. January 20, 2019, 22:17:27

ched999uk: My 28 year old 12v 35w Weller soldering iron failed I didn't fancy forking out £100 for a new one. Stripped it down and found conductor snapped in cable. 10Mins later all back working great. I am very happy!!January 16, 2019, 17:23:06

shawdreamer: "look up there....its a drone!.....and whats this noise?..... no.....no..... it cant be!....NOOOOOOOO.......OOOOOOOOOOOOOPS I DID IT AGAIN, I PLAYED WITH YOUR HEAR....."January 10, 2019, 14:17:24

shawdreamer: tsk x2, just checked my thingiverse messages too... another a8 owner asking if one of my designs would work with his printer.... I said no as its not fire proof.... now he seems confused January 05, 2019, 15:35:09

shawdreamer: tsk.... a new Anet A8 owner asking for mod suggestions for his xmas first printer on thingiverse... I suggested a fire suppression system or atleast a wall mount for a fire extinguisher and smoke alarm..... he removed my post.... no helping some people January 05, 2019, 12:42:05

Reman: I did double check it with a metre (Mainly because I knew if I didn't check the polarity this would be the time the manufacturer had gone off script and put the negative in the middle of the coax) and felt slightly cheated because it was only making 19.7 volts. :)January 04, 2019, 14:01:11

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Topic: What did the postman bring today? (Read 530652 times)

Finally decided to upgrade my old FPV screen, So out with the budget 7" single VRX unit, And in with an equally budget orientated 7" screen, but now with diversity and DVR built in !

Woo hoo, What a rock and roll lifestyle I lead.

Start a thread on it and inform of your findings please!

I have a Black Pearl diversity screen (bought ages ago and def not budget) and frankly its rubbish, the menu system being particularly awkward and non user friendly. (no DVR or channel seek either, things I'd now consider essential)

I have a Black Pearl diversity screen (bought ages ago and def not budget) and frankly its rubbish, the menu system being particularly awkward and non user friendly. (no DVR or channel seek either, things I'd now consider essential)

I learnt long ago that if you're buying electronics with a "User interface", The cheaper the device, the less user friendly it's going to be.

I've had several cheap chinese touch screen car stereos, and most of them looked like the software for each feature (DVD, CD, Radio, And config menus) was cobbled together with code wrote for several other units, And by different programers. There was never a common style or method to use any of the layouts like you'd get with a name brand head unit.

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I need a pay rise........ Though I'd settle for a reduction in the amount of hours I need to work to get the same money.

I think I've kept the postman in a job just lately! I'm building a reptile 500 from scratch and every single component is coming through the post (admittedly, about a third has come by courier).

I can't vouch for today, I haven't been home but apparently yesterday my batteries arrived from bg (according to the tracking) but I'm told the parcel claims to be a charger (which is yet to arrive too) so I'm none the wiser.

With a bit of luck, the charger, motors propellers, propeller adapters, 2 meters of each (red and black) 14 awg wire and some strips of leds will all show up this week so I can finish assembling it and start worrying about how to set everything up.....

apparently yesterday my batteries arrived from bg (according to the tracking) but I'm told the parcel claims to be a charger (which is yet to arrive too) so I'm none the wiser.

Are you in UK and did you get the batteries please? I cannot get ANY batteries sent to me in UK by Banggood, the last two (micro quad packs) were intercepted and returned, and now I have "We cannot send to your destination" on all battery pages.

Are you in UK and did you get the batteries please? I cannot get ANY batteries sent to me in UK by Banggood, the last two (micro quad packs) were intercepted and returned, and now I have "We cannot send to your destination" on all battery pages.

Yeah, uk. I guess that's why they were marked as a charger.

HOWEVER, I've since seen some nearly the same on ebay for less and uk seller apparently so I'm not sure I'd worry about buying abroas to be honest.

I am sure you lot have had the postman bring stuff since September!!!Christmas has arrived early as I wanted a sub 250gms quad.Well this arrived today:

It's a updated version of the Lizard 105S: https://goo.gl/LXt451 £85. Motors have been improved to 1106 5200KV, the current sensor is now connected and the camera is fixed in the housing correctly. So all the reviews earlier in the year saying it was very wobbly were just due to a loose camera!! The frame is a bit weird but it will record in 720P which is nice. F4 board, BF OSD, 28A esc!!!25/200mW vtx (not FC controllable) it even comes with a 4S 550mAh lipo!Need to cable tie power leads and antennas and ready to go :-)

postie brought me a Matek F405 inav wing board........and yes my tiny brain is really struggling to understand any of this inav stuff.........but all my flying pals are telling me it will be worth it. This is going in a freewing 1026 wing, with 2400kv 2207 motor and full fpv set up

I bought both the 405 and the 411 which has been installed on a wing. It's been shelved for the moment as it 's not behaving itself and i got bored f/ing around with it. I'm not sure the firmware is fully functional. I might swap to the 405 board.. Inav seems to be very hit and miss there are lots of vids of successful airframes with it but lots of posts of people getting very mixed results with no solution.

I bought both the 405 and the 411 which has been installed on a wing. It's been shelved for the moment as it 's not behaving itself and i got bored f/ing around with it. I'm not sure the firmware is fully functional. I might swap to the 405 board.. Inav seems to be very hit and miss there are lots of vids of successful airframes with it but lots of posts of people getting very mixed results with no solution.

Funny enough i have shelved mine for now, got some health worries going on and not enough mental capacity to try and understand this inav, all my mates are telling me to stick with it but my heart is not in it at the mo, might just order another guardian for the plane the inav was going it

Firstly, the Band order if you follow the lettering and numbering and not the four figure frequency has yet again been scrambled.

Secondly, there are greyed out frequencies in Band 3, Channels, 4, 7 and 8, namely 5645, 5925, and 5945.

A chinglish notice states these are withdrawn due to FCC regulations, with the banned frequencies filled from the nearest still legal, so the band goes:-

5705, 5685, 5665, 5665, 5885, 5905, 5905, 5905.

Since the UK band is 5725-5875 you could rightly say its of academic interest, but is this the start of something, as I have read that out of band transmission equipment (of any type, not just video) is likely to be banned from sale.

Since the UK band is 5725-5875 you could rightly say its of academic interest, but is this the start of something, as I have read that out of band transmission equipment (of any type, not just video) is likely to be banned from sale.

I have a feeling it's all down to Hobby King getting fined big time for selling transmitters that are not FCC compliant. So other US vendors are simply saying they will not buy TX stuff that is not compliant.

The worry is that everything will be FCC compliant not necessarily UK compliant as there are not enough vendors selling enough to put pressure on manufacturers to supply UK versions. Maybe if we keep EU rules they may make EU spec ones like they do with FrSky tx/rx stuff and just have different Firmware.

Since the UK band is 5725-5875 you could rightly say its of academic interest, but is this the start of something, as I have read that out of band transmission equipment (of any type, not just video) is likely to be banned from sale.

Ill just buy my stuff from Banggood........... they dont seem to give two fecks about regs anyway

Four very punchy (yes, tried them already!) ACEHE 650mAh 75C 2S. For the revived out of unused store (pile? ) Eachine Aurora 90, now I have a really big hall to fly it in occasionally and of course the garden.